Mobile Wallet Market Briefing: Disney MyMagic+

Mobile Wallet Market Briefing: Disney MyMagic+

This 52-page report from the NFC World team explains why Disney’s MagicBand offers a next generation customer experience that sets a new bar for mobile wallet design.

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Mobile Wallet Outlook, January/February 2013

Mobile Wallet Outlook, February 2013

In this 20-page edition of The Mobile Wallet Report we examine: Facebook enters the payments market — next step, a mobile wallet? NFC finds a place in the home — the rise of the technology in consumer electronics and appliances; Key moves from around the mobile wallet world; and more…

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Mobile Wallet Outlook, December 2012

Mobile Wallet Outlook, December 2012

In this 16-page edition of The Mobile Wallet Report we examine: Biometrics make a comeback at the point of sale; Marketers flock to Passbook as Apple’s ease of integration and location-based alerts prove irresistible; Lack of reasons to switch overtake consumers’ mobile payment security concerns; and more…

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Mobile Wallet Market Briefing: PayPal

Mobile Wallet Market Briefing: PayPal

This 42-page report from the NFC World team examines PayPal’s plans for expansion in the international in-store payments market in 2013 and analyses the strengths of the online payments giant’s technical armoury, its vision for a digital wallet in the cloud, its ability to scale at speed and the likelihood of it gaining widespread consumer and merchant acceptance — as well as the possible reasons why the company is so negative about the prospects for NFC.

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Mobile Wallet Outlook, November 2012

Mobile Wallet Outlook, November 2012

This 18-page edition of The Mobile Wallet Report examines: Retailers get serious about mobile wallets; The bank account of the future and the move to mobile; Mobile network operators “keep calm and carry on with NFC”; and more…

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Mobile Wallet Outlook, October 2012

Mobile Wallet Outlook, October 2012

In this 16-page edition of The Mobile Wallet Report we cover: Apple sends the NFC industry a wake-up call by not including the technology in the iPhone 5; NFC heads to the cloud with a new business model that finally makes sense; Barriers to adoption: Understanding consumers’ security concerns; and more…

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The NFC Market 2012

The NFC Market 2012

This research report, published in January 2012, examined the current state of play in the international NFC market, the barriers to success and the opportunities for growth in the years ahead.

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NFC Business Models white paper

NFC Business Models white paper

This white paper is an edited extract from our NFC Business Models research report and is based on the document’s executive summary and key findings.

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NFC: The Road to Commercial Deployment

NFC: The Road to Commercial Deployment

This research report, published in January 2010, asked “What will it take to launch successful NFC services, what business models will succeed and who is going to profit?”

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